12:15 PM,
Apr. 5, 2013

One of the highlights of the play are scenes with a cat, played by one of two felines. This one's name is Vito Vincent.

Written by

Bill Canacci
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It is a dark and stormy night at the start of "Breakfast at Tiffany's," the play based on Truman Capote's classic novella, now showing at the Cort Theatre. And that dreariness continues most of the evening.

Richard Greenberg's stage adaptation - starring Emilia Clarke as the young and beautiful socialite Holly Golightly - tries to be fun, deep, moving and sincere. It is none of these things.

At its best, this effort - directed at a lifeless pace by Sean Mathias - will inspire audiences to rewatch the 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn. ...